OSAAC plans on becoming a clearinghouse and inspiration for a range of research-based deliverables that will be of value to teachers, students, software developers, and academic administrators. OSAAC encourages researchers to use open source software in all phases of their research and the publication of their results in open access venues.

• surveys of open source usage
  • classroom/instructional use
  • research use
  • administrative use
• Sponsored Student media production competitions (i.e., best student-produced PSAs using Audacity)
• Public relations/marketing products for the OS community (posters, banner ads, viral videos)
• Usability testing and reports
• survey of the kinds of open source software teachers and administrators would like to see
  • audio, video, office productivity, video conferencing, etc.
• survey of barriers or obstacles to adoption of open source software
• advocacy for the adoption of open source software and engagement with the open source software community